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Wei Yi still holds the record for being the youngest-ever player to cross the 2700 rating barrier. The Chinese star, a fearless tactician, did not rise to the very top of the world ranking as had been anticipated, but he is still a really strong grandmaster. After kicking off the Chessable Masters with three wins and a draw, he is leading the standings table on 10/12 points.
A Black Repertoire against Offbeat Openings
Many club players have their favourite pet opening variations which aren’t necessarily main lines. It’s important to know how to handle these variations as your opponent will likely know his systems well. In this DVD, GM Nicholas Pert provides a detailed Black repertoire against many of these Offbeat Opening choices.
Three big names share second place with eleven rounds to go in the preliminaries, as Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Anish Giri all collected two wins and two draws on Thursday. A football scoring system is in place — 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw — which means no fewer than 33 points are still up for grabs in the online event.
With half the field set to reach the knockout stage, the youngest player amid the strong lineup is currently standing on the top half of the table. Abhimanyu Mishra, who turned 13 three months ago, started with back-to-back losses, but wins over Eric Hansen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov left him in sole seventh place on 6/12 points.
After drawing Praggnanandhaa with black in the first round, Wei scored three wins in a row to grab the lead. First he got the better of Pentala Harikrishna out of a sharp Ragozin Defence.
Giri drew twice with black and won twice with white on Thursday. In round 4, he defeated Gawain Jones after showing excellent technique in an endgame with bishops of opposite colours. GM Karsten Müller analysed the ending.
Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
